Büchel

Büchel is a municipality in the district Cochem-Zell, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality elms and is the only location in Germany, are mounted on the nuclear weapons.

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Coat of Arms

Geography

To Büchel includes the residential places Büchelermühle and Haykreuzerhof.

Climate

The annual rainfall is 877 mm. Rainfall is high. They are located in the upper quarter of the detected values ​​in Germany. At 75 % of the stations of the German Weather Service lower values ​​are registered. The driest month is September, most precipitation falls in November. In November, falling 1.7 times more precipitation than in September. Precipitation varies moderately. At 62% of the monitoring stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.

History

1141 the lying on the territory of the present municipality Martental is first mentioned as a monastery. Around the year 1238 a court to Morsch Weiler is mentioned. 1476, the high court occupants of Alflen went (including George Weiler and Weiler Morsch ) under the Kurtrierer sovereignty. 1794 was the occupation by the French revolutionary army. 1815 sites were assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. 1873 Büchel parish was to Büchel include the settlements Georg Weiler Weiler and Morsch. Since 1946, Büchel is part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.

2012 were 84.7 percent of the population Catholic, 5.7 percent Protestant. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Büchel consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " A is swept tip to the head of the shield, is in silver seven black crosses, divided; front in green with a silver tower growing; back in Gules, a cross- pillar with increasing of the edge pedestal. "

Economy and infrastructure

The Büchel air base was to the west of the community after the Second World War, built by the French army of occupation, and in 1955 passed to the federal government. In the bunkers of the site Büchel about 20 U.S. nuclear weapons of the type B61 are stored. Since July 2007, the airbase is now the only location in Germany, where there are nuclear weapons.

The village has a kindergarten, a primary school and a gymnasium.

By Büchel leads the federal highway 259

Personalities

• Fog Hermann (1816-1893), German architect and city builder in Koblenz. Built in 1859-1863, the Catholic Church of St. Simon and Jude in Büchel (demolished except for the tower 1957)